Eastern has installed a fully-automated Microbiology-testing Lab to ensure stringent quality in spices and ready-to-eat food products.
ECPL is the first company in India to have such a system.
Tempo Reader detects yeasts and moulds within 48 hours. Eastern is the first company in India in the spice sector to have this fully-automated ic system.
Vitec 2 Compact is used to detect bacteria.
Mini Vidas is an automatic instrument which enables Pathogen-screening.
Tecra Unique Plus - The Tecra Unique Plus Salmonella Test takes less than 22 hours as compared to traditional methods of Salmonella-screening which takes 5-6 days.
HPLC is used for Toxin detection, pungency of chillies and Sudan Dye detection.
Gas Chromatograph - This equipment analyses pesticide residue count.
UV Spectrophotometer - This determines color value of chillies, curcumin in turmeric, piperin in pepper.
NIR Spectrophotometer- For Nutrition factor analysis.
ELISA Plate Reader - Is used for aflatoxin, ochratoxin analysis.
Luminar Pocket Swab Plus - Based on the presence of cell component ATO, Luminator Pocket Swab can estimate microbial count within minutes.
Air Ideal- Is used for environmental monitoring.